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Post by ck100 on Feb 5, 2019 17:01:25 GMT
For better or worse, who are some movie characters who completely changed over the course of a franchise?
If you compared the character in the first/earliest film(s) with how they are in the latest/last film(s), it would be like seeing two different characters even though they're supposed to be the same character.
For example:
John McClane - Die Hard
Martin Riggs - Lethal Weapon
Luke Skywalker - Star Wars
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Post by Catman 猫的主人 on Feb 5, 2019 17:04:40 GMT
Godzilla certainly changed over the years.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2019 17:04:57 GMT
Rocky Balboa. His IQ shoots up by at least about 20 points between 2 and 3.
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Post by Catman 猫的主人 on Feb 5, 2019 17:05:43 GMT
Rocky Balboa. His IQ shoots up by at least about 20 points between 2 and 3. Maybe he got some sense knocking into him? |
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Post by jamesbamesy on Feb 5, 2019 17:10:02 GMT
Freddy Krueger
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Post by shannondegroot on Feb 5, 2019 17:44:06 GMT
Ogre from Revenge of the Nerds
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Post by vegalyra on Feb 5, 2019 18:33:35 GMT
Rocky Balboa. His IQ shoots up by at least about 20 points between 2 and 3. Didn't he get pretty stupid again by part 5 though? Maybe Drago hit him a little too hard (been awhile since I watched the films). My contribution to the thread is "Dom" from Fast and the Furious. He goes from fairly small time street racer/thief, to super hero in the last few films. |
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Post by twothousandonemark on Feb 5, 2019 18:37:32 GMT
Rambo
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Post by Catman 猫的主人 on Feb 5, 2019 18:39:46 GMT
Mothra also changed quite a bit, as did King Ghidora.
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Post by Prime etc. on Feb 5, 2019 18:46:52 GMT
Marcus Brody in Raiders vs Last Crusade
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Post by Spike Del Rey on Feb 5, 2019 19:03:11 GMT
I think these are perfect examples of "for better or worse". Riggs went from a suicidal maniac who was a danger to everyone around him, friend or foe, to someone who found his purpose to live again, first thru his adopted family of the Murtaughs (and Leo to an extent) to eventually having his own real family again with Lorna and their baby. McClane on the other hand went from a loving husband and father who didn't want to be stuck in the situations he was in but was fiercely protecting his wife, to a jaded, cynical, bitter, angry asshole. I'll leave it from my descriptions for you to decide which I thought was the better change. 
Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader did a pretty good changing act as well. |
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Post by kuatorises on Feb 5, 2019 20:26:54 GMT
For better or worse, who are some movie characters who completely changed over the course of a franchise? If you compared the character in the first/earliest film(s) with how they are in the latest/last film(s), it would be like seeing two different characters even though they're supposed to be the same character. For example: John McClane - Die Hard Martin Riggs - Lethal Weapon Luke Skywalker - Star Wars I didn't see the last one, but how so? |
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Post by drystyx on Feb 5, 2019 20:55:22 GMT
The Lone Ranger and Tonto.
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
The Alien aliens and androids
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Feb 5, 2019 21:02:05 GMT
And even more so in the next one...
...ugh
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Post by Prime etc. on Feb 5, 2019 21:03:22 GMT
The last DIE HARD I saw was 4, but he seemed like a different person. No jokes, like it was influenced by UNFORGIVEN
Chucky changed a lot from Child's Play 1 to Child's Play 4 where he became a mellow sort of road trip character.
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Post by maxwellperfect on Feb 5, 2019 22:27:52 GMT
Miss Moneypenny. Through most of the Bond series, she is just a secretary (so far as we know). Recently she was reimagined as a field agent.
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Feb 5, 2019 22:43:19 GMT
Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) undergoes a pretty big character transformation over the course of the first three Pirates of the Caribbean films, culminating with her becoming a ‘Pirate King’ in the third film.   |
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Post by Vits on Feb 5, 2019 23:29:16 GMT
DR. EVIL went from a funny yet threatening villain to someone who always makes a fool of himself.
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Post by kolchak92 on Feb 6, 2019 0:00:13 GMT
The last DIE HARD I saw was 4, but he seemed like a different person. No jokes, like it was influenced by UNFORGIVEN Chucky changed a lot from Child's Play 1 to Child's Play 4 where he became a mellow sort of road trip character. Well by the later movies he's more or less an anti-hero as opposed to villain. |
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Post by politicidal on Feb 6, 2019 2:05:16 GMT
For better or worse, who are some movie characters who completely changed over the course of a franchise? If you compared the character in the first/earliest film(s) with how they are in the latest/last film(s), it would be like seeing two different characters even though they're supposed to be the same character. For example: John McClane - Die Hard Martin Riggs - Lethal Weapon Luke Skywalker - Star Wars I didn't see the last one, but how so? He can survive a leap from a building into a pool of water. Plus a car collusion with an armored truck if I'm remembering the chase scene proper. |
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